Swing



, Witnesses,

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P. SCHNEIDER.

SWING.

No. 596,722. Patented Jan. 4, 189 8 J Inventor.

& v I BY m?l{. Attomeyw :UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

rnIL-mr SCHNEIDER, or BUFFALO, NEW YORK.

SWING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 596,722, dated January 4, 1898.

Application filed July 20, 1897- Scrial No. 645,291.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I. PHILLIP SCHNEIDER, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Buffalo, in the county of Erie and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Swings, ofwhich the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to produce a simple and convenient portable swing for children that can be quickly and securely put up for use ina doorway of a room,'and as readly taken down when required and hav ing a seat and rope portion forming the swing proper that can instantly be detached and hung up to a hook at one side of the device, so as to be out of the way of persons'passing in'or out of the door, all of which will be fully an d clearlyhereinafterdescribed and claimed,

erence being had to v the accompanying -rawings, in which 7 Figure 1 represents a detached side elevation of one of the swing-supporting hooks. Fig. 2 represents a front elevation of a doorcasing, showing my improved swingsecured therein. Fig. 3 also represents a front elevation of a door-casing, showing the swing removed from the swing-supporting bar and hung up to one side out of the way. Fig. 4 represents a front elevation showing a modifieation of one of the swing-supportinghooks; Fig. 5 represents a side elevation of the same, showing the modified construction. Fig. 6' represents an enlarged sectional elevation of the adjustable swing-supporting bar.

Referring to-the drawings for the details of the construction,the adjustable swing-supporting bar consists of three telescoping parts 1, 2, and 1. The parts 1 and 1 are made, preferably, of steel tubing, but any suitable material may be used. The outer end of each is provided with a supporting or abutting block 3. The outside of the blocks are provided with a thin layer of elastic material 4, india-rubber preferred. The object of the elastic covering of these supporting-blocks is to prevent injury to the door-casing between which the device is secured, as will appearfarther on. These blocks may be made either square, round, or of any suitableshape.

Each tubular portion 1 and 1 is provided with areduced portion or groove5, produced by means of any well-known compressing-die (No model.)

for'forcing in a groove around the tube and at the same time producing a corresponding inwardly-extending ring 6 on the inside of the tube, thereby reducing its inside diameter at that point, so that a fine internal screw-thread may be cut indt. (See Fig. 6, where this is shown.)

In each of the grooves 5 is fitted a ring portion 7 of a hook 8. (See Fig.1.) These portions 7 are pushed over the tubes 1 and 1 until they pass over and spring into the grooves 5, and are thus fitted in place, so they can swing easily thereon without danger of moving sidewise.

' The center bar 2 is provided with a screw portion at each end, the screw portion 9 being a left-hand screw and the screw portion 10 a right-hand screw. These screw portions 9 and 10 areadapted to operate in the internal screw-threaded portions 6 inthe tubular portions 1 and 1. .The central bar 2 is also provided with a handle 11, by which it is turned.

The swing. is put up by placing the supporting-bar between the door-casings, as in Fig. 2, and then turning the handle 11 until it is sufiiciently tightened in place. cure the swing in place to the supporting-bar,

as in Fig. 2.

The seat 14 is attached to the swing-cords in the usual way. K r,

15 represents a back-supporting cord, and the transverse cord 16 is connected by loops ing moved up or down in front of a child to keep it from falling. I

In the modified construction of the supporting-rings shown in Figs. 4 and 5-the ring portion 7 is formed so that it can spring apart sufiiciently to allow it to be passed over the tubular portions 1 or 1 and then spring-into cured by a rivet 17 or its equivalent. The hook portion '7 is made in the form of a solid ring8 (See Fig. 5.) In this case the ends through the rings 8 and then tied. This construction can be used when greater strength is required.

all that is required isto put the looped ends 12 of the swing-cords 13 13 over the hooks 8,

of theswi'ng-ropes would have to be passed 17 to the cords 13, so as to be capable of be- I the groove 6, after which it can be rigidly se- IOO ' When the swing is not in use and it is not desirable to remove itfrom the doorway a1- together, it can be removed from the supporting-bar and hung upon a book 18, substantially as shown in .Fig.. 3. I claim as my invention-.

In a childs swing adapted to fit in a door-.

way, the combination with the swing of two end-supporting bars, each provided with endabutting portions and one having a reduced portion with a right-hand internal screwthread and the other a reduced portion with a left-hand internal screw-thread, a-central tightening bar having right and left hand lar spring portion adapted to be sprung over the end bars and seated around the reduced portions and having hooks to support the swing-ropes, as aboveset fort-h. PHILLIP SCHNEIDER.

' \Vitnesses:

- G. A. NEUBAUER, J AMES SANGSTER. 

